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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFic FREDERICK L. GOSS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO GHARLESJ. STROMBERG, OF SAME PLACE.

FEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR PRlNTlNG-PRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,998, dated July 13,1880,

Application filed February 13,1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK L. Goss, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin- Feeding Cards and Sheets into Printing-Presses, and in mechanismthere for, of which the following, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a top viewof those parts of aprinting-press in connection with which my improvements may be operated,or to which they maybe applied, and showing them in position for work.Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is a like representation of the bed plate, showing themode of locking the form. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a section in the plane ofthe line now of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, Sheet 2, is a side view of one of theelongated nippers. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a top view of the said nippers.

Fig. 6, Sheet'2, is a like view of one of the guides. Fig. 7, Sheet 2,is a side view of the same. Fig. 8, Sheet 2, is a face view of theprinted card or sheet, and Fig. 9, Sheet 3, is a detail of the meansemployed for raising or tilting the feed-board.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to provide means for printing illuminatedmatter in such manner that the stripes or bars of color shall extenddiagonally across the card or sheet printed upon; and to that end myinvention consists in feeding the cards or sheets in a novel manner, andin arranging the form cor respondingly.

It also consists in certain novel features of construction relating tothe feed mechanism, all of which will be hereinafter fully described andspecifically set forth.

A represents a rotary impression-cylinder, and B is a reciprocatingbed-plate. O is the feed-board. D is the ink-fountain, and E E arerollers for feeding and distributing the ink. F F are the nippers. G Gare the guides. H H are the rocking or vibrating fingers, and I I arefingers or yielding pressers applied to the feed-board.

As my invention consists in part in feeding the cards or sheetsdiagonally with relation to the cylinder A, as indicated in Fig. 1,wherein A represents the card or sheet so arranged, another feature ofmy invention consists in certain modifications of construction andarrangement relating to the nippers and guides forming a part of thefeeding mechanism, and these modifications I will now proceed todescribe in detail.

As the sheet or card is to be arranged diagonally, I make eachsucceeding nipper longer than the one preceding it, so that the Ireceding edge of the sheet or card shall be 6o reach ed and properlynipped by them, as shown at a a, it being understood that the number ofnippers be sufficient for this purpose, and that in other respects theymay be constructed and I may operate in the usual manner. If it bedeemed desirable to nip more than one edge of the sheet, a nipper may beextended to seize the end of the sheet, as shown at a. The nippers,being removable and adjustable, may be adapted and arranged for sheetsset at various 7o angles.

To adapt the guides to operate in connection with diagonally-arrangedsheets I apply the working-faces of the guides adj ustably to theirstems or stocks. In other words, I make these parts separately, andconnect them in such manner that the working-faces may be set andinclined to correspond to the inclined or receding edge of the sheet orcard. For example, I) I) represent the working-faces of 8c the guides,and b b are arms extending rectangularly or horizontally from the upperedges of the faces I) b. c 0 are longitudinal slots in the arms I) b,and d dare set-screws by means of which the arms I) b are clampedadjustably to their stems or stocks 6 e, the said screws passing throughthe slots 0 c and entering the stocks 6 0. By this means theworking-faces of the guides may be set at an angle corresponding to theinclination of the receding or inclined edge of the sheet or card, andthey may also be set out a greater or less distance to meet that edge,as indicated in Fig. 1.

J J are yielding pressers or holders, which may be either rigidlyconnected to the arms 5 b b, or this connection may be such as to renderthem adjustable with relation thereto, and p in the latter case thisadjustability may be effected in like manner as the adjustability of thearms I) b is rendered possible, or in any similar or suitable way.

It will be perceived from the foregoing description and from referenceto the drawings that sheets or cards A A may thus be arranged withuniformity in diagonal positions with relation to the cylinder A, andthat they will be there held with sufficient security, and then seizedby the nippers, and by them so carried around by the rotation of thecylinder and impressed upon the form, it being understood that theguides are vibrated or carried away from the edges of the sheets orcards, and returned at the proper times, as heretofore, or in anysuitable way.

A small pin or stop, f, may be removably applied to the feed-board toaid in properly arranging the sheets or cards.

K is the form. As the sheets or cards are arranged and fed diagonally inthe manner described, I arrange the form diagonally to receive it, as isclearly shown in Fig. 2, the inclination of the form being opposite orcontrary to the inclination of the sheets or cards as they lie upon thefeed-board, but corresponding to the position of the sheets orcards asthey are carried around for beingimpressed upon the form,

The form as it passes underneath and in contactwith the lowerinking-roller receives therefrom strips or bars of colored orilluminating inks, which strips or bars will pass diagonally acrosstheform, owing to the diagonal arrangement of the latter. Consequently,the sheets or cards, being correspondingly arranged, will receivecoloredimpressions, which will extend diagonally across them, while theletters or characters to be printed, if set in lines parallel to theends of the form, will be printed straight across the sheets or cards,it being understood that inks of different color are placed in thefountain.

To facilitate the operation of setting the form diagonally I make intheinterior blocks, LL, which hold the form in its .place, deep angularnotches g g, to receive the corners of the form, and the said blocks maybe made tight by means of wedge-blocks in the usual manner, asrepresented.

As some of the nippers F F, which I employ for the purposes set forth,may in some cases be unusually long, and long enough to interfere withthe sheets or cards, I have made provision for preventing suchinterference, and

to that end I make the feed-board tilting, and attach to it, upon itsunder side and near its forward end, a cam or inclined or beveledprojection, h, and upon the cylinder A, 1 apply a thimble, h, arrangedto strike the cam h and raise the forward end of the boardintermittingly during the rotation of the cylinder, and at such times asto prevent an improperinterference of the elongated nippers with thesheet or card' upon the board. a

It will also be perceived that the sheet or card is thus impressed inone operation in such manner that the strips or bars of color or shadingwill extend diagonally across the card or sheet printed upon, as isclearly indicated in Fig. 8, wherein the shade-lines represent thediagonally-arranged illuminating colors.

By setting the type diagonally in the chase and arranging the form inthe manner described the letters will also be diagonally printed. Thelike arrangement of printed letters will follow if the characters beengraved diagonally on the block and the block set diagonally.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The method, substantially ashereinbefore described, of printing or shadingilluminated cards orsheets diagonally, to wit: by feeding the cards or sheets diagonallyinto the press, and by arranging the form .in a correspondingly diagonalposition, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the feed-board and impression-cylinder of aprinting-press, of the nippers F F, each successively longer than theothers, and having their working endsin aline extending diagonallyacross the cylinder, and of the extensible and vibratory guides G G,whereby sheets or cards fed diagonally into the press will be seized andgaged, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination of the tilting feed-board O, the cam h, the thimbleh, the cylinder A, and the nippers F F, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

FREDERICK L. GOSS.

Witnesses:

F. F. WARNER, W. S. BAKER.

